Less than two weeks after Disney star and "Dancing With the Stars" standout Zendaya was cast as the late R&B singer Aaliyah in a Lifetime biopic opposed by Aaliyah's family, the 17-year-old has dropped out, telling the Associated Press that the production was not coming together.

"Because it’s someone that I honor and I respect so much, it has to be 128 percent, especially for all her fans, including myself," the actress said on the red carpet at the 2014 BET Awards, where she was a nominee for rising star. (Keke Palmer won.) "I didn’t feel like it was all the way there, so I didn’t want to do that. And when the time comes when it’s done right and it’s 100 percent, by all means, I will be the first person there ready to go."

Aaliyah's family sniffed at the Lifetime biopic, "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B," saying they preferred to see a big-screen celebration of the singer's life and said they would not allow Lifetime to use her music in the movie.

Some Aaliyah fans also were disappointed at the casting of Zendaya, saying the biracial teen was too light-skinned for the role, which prompted a rebuttal from executive producer Debra Martin Chase in Entertainment Weekly: "She’s biracial, but she identifies as black. She has a very strong black father. It’s very narrow and short-sighted. It’s not the world we live in today. And she, like you, like all of us, encompasses all her cultural experiences and heritage. And most importantly, she physically resembles her."